Medium Density Residential Code

Performance Outcomes                               Acceptable Outcomes

screening and window openings are to improve the            3. incorporate fencing, landscaping and
residential amenity for occupants. Thermal                      screening to mitigate impacts on
performance requirements are contained in                       adjoining residential uses.
Queensland Development Code MP4.1 Sustainable
Buildings. Energy efficiency requirements are
contained in the National Construction Code.       Editor's note— refer to figure AP3-1A and figure
                                                   AP3-2A

                                                                                                          Not applicable
                                                   AO20.2
                                                   Transparent doors and windows are designed and
                                                   located so they do not directly face transparent
                                                   doors or windows or the private open space areas
                                                   of other dwellings within 10 metres;

                                                                                                          Not applicable
                                                   AO20.3
                                                   Where windows, balconies, terraces, verandahs or
                                                   decks overlook or have the potential to overlook the
                                                   private open space of nearby properties or view into
                                                   habitable room windows within 10 metres:


                                                            1. windows have a sill height of not less
                                                                than 1.7 metres above finished floor
                                                                level;
                                                            2. windows and other openings are
                                                                permanently screened to a minimum